αἴσιμον ἦμαρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.si.mon ɛ̂ː.mar/ → /ˈɛ.si.mon ˈi.mar/ → /ˈe.si.mon ˈi.mar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.si.mon ɛ̂ː.mar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.si.mon ˈe̝.mar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.si.mon ˈi.mar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.si.mon ˈi.mar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.si.mon ˈi.mar/

Phrase

αἴσῐμον ἦμᾰρ • (aísimon êmar)

1. (figuratively) the fatal day of death
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.72
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.100
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.212
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 16.280
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.43.2

Related terms

• νηλεὲς ἦμαρ (nēleès êmar)

Further reading

• “αἴσιμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “αἴσιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press